Over-rapid withdrawal from benzodiazepines increases the severity of the withdrawal syndrome and increases the failure rate.

Animal studies suggest that inositol reduces the severity of osmotic demyelination syndrome if given before attempting to correct chronic hyponatraemia.

Individuals who present with pusher syndrome or lateropulsion, as defined by Davies, vary in their degree and severity of this condition and therefore appropriate measures need to be implemented in order to evaluate the level of “ pushing ”.

The symptoms and severity of the syndrome vary greatly among affected women.

The APA's Standard Diagnostic Manual came under criticism from autism specialists Tony Attwood and Simon Baron-Cohen for proposing the elimination of Asperger's syndrome as a disorder and replacing it with an autism severity scale.

Claims about the prevalence of restless legs syndrome can be confusing because its severity and frequency varies enormously between individual sufferers.

Levels of both sFlt-1 and sEng increase as severity of disease increases, with levels of sEng surpassing levels of sFlt-1 in HELLP syndrome cases.

In rough order of increasing severity, these are bacteremia or fungemic ; septicemia ; sepsis, severe sepsis or sepsis syndrome ; septic shock ; refractory septic shock ; multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and death.

Some disorders that have been diagnosed in childhood tend to decrease in severity moving into adulthood, disorders such as Tourette ’ s syndrome for instance.

A grading scale exists to assess the severity of club feet, which are caused by a deep digital flexor contraction syndrome.

The syndrome was also considered to exist in degrees of severity rather than as a categorical absolute.

Usher syndrome is a variable condition ; the degree of severity is not tightly linked to whether it is Usher 1, 2 or 3.

Although Usher syndrome has been classified clinically in several ways, the prevailing approach is to classify it into three clinical sub-types called Usher I, II and III in order of decreasing severity of deafness.

Nerve conduction studies may also be used to localize nerve dysfunction ( e. g., carpal tunnel syndrome ), assess severity, and help with prognosis.

Three tests are useful in confirming the presence and severity of Horner syndrome:

Apart from the abovementioned forms of thrombophilia, the risk of recurrence after an episode of thrombosis is determined by factors such as the extent and severity of the original thrombosis, whether it was provoked ( such as by immobilization or pregnancy ), the number of previous thrombotic events, male sex, the presence of an inferior vena cava filter, the presence of cancer, symptoms of post-thrombotic syndrome, and obesity.

Compartment syndrome may require immediate medical intervention, depending on the severity of the condition.

* Dutton, D. G. & Painter, S. ( 1993 ) " The battered woman syndrome: effects of severity and intermittency of abuse ".

The individual agents and drug classes in the anticonvulsant drug category act at many different receptors and it is not possible to generalize their potential for physical dependence or incidence or severity of rebound syndrome as a group so need to be looked at individually.

Symptomatic brain damage requires hospitalization and supportive care based on syndrome severity.

Due to the lack of peer reviewed diagnostic criteria, many physicians, unaware of the potential severity of discontinuation syndrome, do not get informed consent at the time of initial prescription from the patient ( though patients in clinical trials do ), so this syndrome can be an unexpected barrier to patients attempting to discontinue the drug.

When discontinuing an SSRI with a short half-life, switching to a drug with a longer half-life ( e. g. fluoxetine or citalopram ) and then discontinuing from that can decrease the likelihood and severity of withdrawal syndrome.

The Sexual Interest and Desire Inventory-Female ( SIDI-F ) was the first validated instrument developed to specifically assess severity in Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder ( HSDD ) or to assess change in response to treatment for the disorder in females.

Spermatogenesis and ovulation in males and females, respectively, may be impaired by hypogonadism, which, depending on the degree of severity, may result in partial or complete infertility.

It can sometimes result in reactions that range in severity from a rash ( in the case of patients that may unwittingly have mononucleosis ) to potentially lethal allergic reactions such as anaphylaxis.

Research suggests that test users can rate the importance or severity of potential software issues in a significantly different fashion than software developers.

Treatment with antibiotics can lead to eliminating the yeast's natural competitors for resources, and increase the severity of the condition.

The severity of the diarrhea and vomiting can lead to rapid dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, and death in some cases.

Neurosurgical operations for epilepsy can be palliative, reducing the frequency or severity of seizures ; or, in some patients, an operation can be curative.

Even simple tasks like cutting in a straight line or using a ruler can range from difficult to impossible, depending on the severity of the condition.

In contrast to most stroke patients, who typically prefer more weight-bearing on their nonhemiparetic side, this abnormal condition can vary in severity and leads to a loss of postural balance.

Lymphedema can also be categorized by its severity ( usually referenced to a healthy extremity ):

Quality of life can vary depending on the severity and the cause.

:" The severity of mutilations for some of these individuals can be astounding – including long term survivors with completely severed tails, major tail mutilations, and multiple disfiguring dorsal lacerations.

Standardized tools such as Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale and Young Mania Rating Scale can be used to measure severity of manic episode.

Some doctors will only give the diagnosis of peripheral nerve hyperexcitability as the differences between the three are largely a matter of the severity of the symptoms and can be subjective.

The number of losers — which may add up to the size and severity of poverty — can be unexpectedly large if the method and process of privatization and how it is implemented are seriously flawed ( e. g. lack of transparency leading to state-owned assets being appropriated at minuscule amounts by those with political connections, absence of regulatory institutions leading to transfer of monopoly rents from public to private sector, improper design and inadequate control of the privatization process leading to asset stripping.

The term " stuttering ", as popularly used, covers a wide spectrum of severity: it may encompass individuals with barely perceptible impediments, for whom the disorder is largely cosmetic, as well as others with extremely severe symptoms, for whom the problem can effectively prevent most oral communication.

The latter aims at establishing an " objective " diagnosis indicator linked to the quantity of apneic events per hour of sleep ( Apnea Hypopnea Index ( AHI ), or Respiratory Disturbance Index ( RDI )), associated to a formal threshold, above which a patient is considered as suffering from sleep apnea, and the severity of their sleep apnea can then be quantified.

In addition to the severity of disease, discussed below, sinusitis can be classified by the sinus cavity which it affects:

The categorization of patients based on the severity of their injuries can be aided with the use of printed triage tags or coloured flagging.

An additional factor which can increase the severity of this problem is that writes to the journal are committed synchronously — they must complete successfully before the associated write operation can begin.

Navy and Marine Corps personnel assigned to or embarked aboard ship do not have the option of refusing NJP, nor can they appeal the decision of the officer imposing punishment ; they may only appeal the severity of the punishment.

These can range in severity from debug to emergency, as in the syslog protocol.

Although there is no officially recognized threshold level, algae can be considered to be blooming at concentrations of hundreds to thousands of cells per milliliter, depending on the severity.

The severity of a hearing loss is categorized according to the increase in volume above the usual level necessary before the listener can detect it.

* The congenital defect microtia can cause full or partial deafness depending upon the severity of the deformity and whether or not certain parts of the inner or middle ear are affected.